Blagoja Kuleski
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Blagoja Kuleski Благоја Кулески | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Prilep, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1985 | Pobeda | 80 | (15) |
1985–1986 | Vardar Skopje | 8 | (0) |
1987–1989 | Pelister | 40 | (11) |
1989–1992 | Radnički Niš | 53 | (18) |
1992–1994 | Marconi Stallions | 52 | (3) |
1994–1996 | Melbourne Zebras | 19 | (0) |
1997 | Bulleen Lions | ||
2000 | Rockdale City Suns | ||
Teams managed | |||
2002 | Illawarra Lions | ||
2006–2009 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Blagoja Kuleski (Macedonian: Благоја Кулески, born 4 October 1962) is a Macedonian football manager and former player.
Playing career[]
Club[]
Born in Prilep,[1] SR Macedonia, back then still within Yugoslavia, Kuleski started playing in Yugoslav League for Macedonian clubs FK Pobeda, FK Vardar and FK Pelister, Serbian FK Radnički Niš, before moving to Australia, in 1992, where he played with Marconi Stallions, Melbourne Zebras, Bulleen Lions and Rockdale City Suns.
Blagoja was voted second best defender/ sweeper in 1990 in Yugoslav National League just 2 points behind Miodrag Belodedici of Red Star Belgrade who were crowned Super Cup Champions in the same year.[citation needed]
International[]
Blagoja, or Kuki, as he is better known in the football community, played the first game for Macedonia against Yugoslavia in Skopje in 1991, along the greats of Darko Pančev and Ilija Najdoski.[citation needed]
Managerial career[]
After retiring in Australia, he became a football coach managing Illawarra Lions and Bonnyrigg White Eagles. He won the Championship two consecutive years with Bonnyrigg and promoted them back into the NSW Premier League in 2009.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Asov Yu-Fudbala", page 39 (in Serbian)
External sources[]
- Career[permanent dead link] in OzFootball.
- Blagoja Kuleski at WorldFootball.net
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Prilep
- Association football defenders
- Yugoslav footballers
- Macedonian footballers
- FK Pobeda players
- FK Vardar players
- FK Pelister players
- FK Radnički Niš players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Rockdale City Suns FC players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Macedonian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Macedonian football managers
- Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC managers
- Macedonian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate soccer managers in Australia
- Australian Macedonian soccer managers
- Macedonian football biography stubs